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      Join us on Pentecost Sunday, June 8 for Solemn Vespers, following the 5pm Mass at 6:15pm.  A most beautiful way to close the Easter Season celebrating the birthday of the Church. The Novena to the Holy Spirit began Friday, May 30. You will find the text of the prayers in a handy pull-out…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, This past week, after spending a week at my home parish in Kansas for my brother Bob’s ordination celebration, I have had time for a thoughtful reflection of community and its value. Being home was a powerful experience of community and memory. Wea, Kansas is a very small farming…

      Join us on Pentecost Sunday, June 8 for Solemn Vespers, following the 5pm Mass at 6:15pm.  A most beautiful way to close the Easter Season celebrating the birthday of the Church. The Novena to the Holy Spirit begins Friday, May 30. You will find the text of the prayers in a handy pull-out…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, “Well, the archdiocese of Kansas City Kansas finally got one of the Rooney brothers,” said Archbishop Naumann at the beginning of his homily at my brother’s ordination to the transitional diaconate last weekend. We were asked a lot: why? First, if you don’t know already, my brother Bob is…

    Join us on Pentecost Sunday, June 8 for Solemn Vespers, following the 5pm Mass at 6:15pm.  A most beautiful way to close the Easter Season celebrating the birthday of the Church.     The Filipino Catholic Community, with the diocesan Multi-cultural Ministries Office, invites you to join in celebrating the Flores de Mayo…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, With grateful hearts we thank God for our new Holy Father Leo. Let us continue to pray that he will be the instrument the world needs to know the true peace of Jesus and the unity and healing which we know is God’s will. Pope Leo described this peace…

  Worship Aid for the Fourth Sunday of Easter HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY     Now accepting applications for PRE-Kindergarten in our school. Interested in joining our school community? We focus on faith formation, academic excellence, and community service. Visit our website: www.stbernschool.org/admissions-process/     Please join Fr. Don for three gatherings here at Saint Bernadette…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, At our priests’ convocation last week our speaker, Dr. Anthony Lilles of St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, CA, talked a lot about renewal in the Church and the virtue of hope during this jubilee year of hope named by Pope Francis. Pope Francis knew, he said, that hope…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, My participation in the national Vaishnava Hindu—Christian Dialogue last week got me thinking. You may have heard me speak of it at Masses I presided over last weekend. The topic was about spirituality and religious practice, in particular, what the Hindus referred to as “SBNRs,” those who self-identify as…

Dear Good People of Saint Bernadette, The loss of Pope Francis has touched not only our Church, but Christians and peoples of all faiths. Tributes and messages of consolation have poured in to us from church leaders and leaders of other religions since Pope Francis’ death on Monday. I wanted to share a couple of…